Angela Rye Talks About President Trump Being In ‘Over His Head’ In Responses To Hurricane Harvey And To North Korea (Video)
September 22, 2017
Yes yes y’all! The crew welcomes back Angela Rye. In this interview clip, she talks about President Trump’s initial response to the victims of Hurricane Harvey (“good luck”), about how even the Trump Administration’s attempts to help have hurt (e.g. removing regulatory checks for bridges make building them quicker, but not necessarily as safe)… There’s a LOT to unpack in her commentary, as usual.
#HelpHouston #HelpUsAll
– @ojones1
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Tags: Angela Rye, Breakfast Club, Help Houston, HelpHouston, Hurricane Harvey, Power 105, Power 105.1, Trump's Response To Harvey Victims | 
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Big Twins x DJ Skizz – “Keith Sweat Murda Muzik” feat. Conway (Video)
September 21, 2017
Pour up. Drink another shot of the Henny.
Sounds about right. Sipping some of that Q-Boro ‘Gatorade’ (Hennesy straight) to put the spirit in ya. What spirit? This “Keith Sweat Murda Muzik” spirit, of course! Hypnotiq liquor feel to the beat by DJ Skizz.
Yeah, relax. Let the thuggin’ lyricisms of QB representative Big Twins and his track comrade Conway The Machine take you out the struggle for a minute though.
(Funny how every so often in this visual there is someone saying something like ‘take it easy’ when that is exactly NOT way your gut tells you to take it, right? Not ‘funny’ like haha, but… you know…)
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Wyclef Jean – “Carnival III: The Fall And Rise Of A Refugee” (Album)
September 21, 2017
Wyclef Jean! Still doing it after 20 years. Tranzlator Crew, Refugee through-and-through through all the shady music industry and politics… and a political run, too. Only one thing left to do: Go back to the root. Started with a solo jump-off with the “Carnival” name, so back to that same name game again. Check out Wyclef’s latest album “Carnival III: The Fall And Rise Of A Refugee”. Stream and maybe even cop a copy below.
WYCLEF JEAN – CARNIVAL III: THE FALL AND RISE OF A REFUGEE (ALBUM)
Tired Of Seeing Beast Mode Dodge Defenders On-Field And Reporters Off-Field? How About A Day At The Spa With Marshawn? (Video)
September 21, 2017
Marshawn Lynch is gonna let the ladies play with his feet, but NO WEIRD SH!T. Just pedicures, champagne, and some real talk… aaaand maybe a milk bath. Hahaa!
Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch goes from “Beast Mode” to “Relax Mode” by getting a gentleman’s pedicure and foot massage.
While he’s relaxing in his massage chair at the spa, The Assist’s host Johnno Wilson gets Marshawn to open up on topics ranging from why he is happy about not getting the ball at the goal line in the Seattle Seahawks’ Super Bowl against the New England Patriots, what frustrates him most about NFL postgame interviews, and where traveled and what he learned during his year off in retirement from the league.
The Assist is the newest series from DraftKings, who bring you the game inside the game, bringing fans closer to the games they love. Series host Johnno Wilson serves as the personal assistant to the stars, helping some of the biggest names in football run some of their daily errands. But when you’re a star athlete, your daily chores and shopping trips are a little outside the ordinary.
-Â DraftKings
Posted in Celebrity, Comedy, Interview, Lifestyle, Sports, Videos | Tags: Beast Mode, BeastMode, DraftKings, Johnno Wilson, Marshawn Lynch, National Football League, NFL, Oakland Raiders, The Assist | No Comments »
Don’t Walk! Run The Jewels… NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert (Video)
September 21, 2017
Let the E&J and lyrics and booming beats FLOW! RTJ on NPR for an intimate, but no-less-energized [Tiny Desk] Concert with rhyme buddies El-P and Killer Mike. Okay, in case you don’t follow Run The Jewels… have any kids leave the F**KING room NOW! Liquor and lyrics laced with profanity and adult dopeness. Party time! Let’s GO!
Mina Tavakoli | February 6, 2017 — Like any good pair of twins, Run the Jewels have a freaky sort of unspoken fraternity. When El-P and Killer Mike strode in with their usual uniforms — Mike in a gold chain as thick as a garter snake, El in a fitted Yankees cap and pair of blue-mirrored sunglasses — the two didn’t have to do as much as nod to one another before upending three tracks from their latest LP, RTJ3, in strange and perfect symbiosis.
El-P (née El-Producto, née Jaime Meline) — rapper, producer, and all-around godfather of the backpacker scene of the late-90’s — and Killer Mike — known for guest features on tracks by Atlanta’s Dungeon Family in the early-aughts, solo work in the mid-to-late ’00s, and perhaps most widely for his very public support of Senator Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign last year — have out-mused each other in a supergroup that somehow seems to get better, louder, and more pertinent since their start in 2013. They represent an ideal evolution of underground hip-hop to mainstream success, mixing a fundamentally activist animus with IMAX-level production without losing a speck of vital force.
On an unseasonably beautiful day in D.C., Run the Jewels was sweaty and sulfuric, ad-libbing with one another in an exchange so slick, easy, and conspiratorial, it felt like we were in on their shared language.
Run the Jewels 3 is available now!
– NPR Music
EL-P X KILLER MIKE – RUN THE JEWELS 3 (ALBUM)
– @ojones1
Posted in Album, Hip-Hop, Performance, Videos | Tags: El-P, Killer Mike, Mina Tavakoli, NPR Music, NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert, NPR Tiny Desk Concert, Run The Jewels, Run the Jewels 3, Tiny Desk Concert | No Comments »
MF DOOM – “Notebook 06”
September 21, 2017
Some more work from MF DOOM? Okay, let’s hear it! This “Notebook 06” is so short you may want to stay ready on the play button while it’s going, or put it on a loop somehow. Great thing for fans though, FREE streaming – hear AND at the Adult Swim Singles site.
Check out “Notebook 06” & other ‘must listen’ joints at the Adult Swim Singles site via earlier post link (here).
LISTEN:Â ADULT SWIM SINGLES (LINK)
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Missy Elliott – “She’s A Bitch” (Live) [Video]
September 21, 2017
Wonder how many tuned into the return of VH1’s Hip-Hop Honors show. Compared to the buzz leading up to show’s past, this last one came back on low volume. But if you saw this performance, you witnessed a textbook example of how to turn up! Missy Elliot was definitely a 90s Gamechanger, and she is one who can still deliver the goods. Believe the hype!
Posted in Hip-Hop, Performance, Videos | Tags: Hip-Hop Honors, Missy Elliott, She's A Bitch, VH1, VH1 Hip-Hop Honors | No Comments »
In Advance Of “Blade Runer 2049,” Watch This Prequel Short ‘2048: Nowhere To Run’ (Trailer)
September 21, 2017
Yep, this “Blade Runner” reboot is pushing in all the chips. Star-studded cast, as we saw in the trailer we posted earlier (here). And Dave Bautista is featured prominently in this clip. Truth be told, folks probably barely remember him as a pro ‘rassler. Doing pretty well in action/sci-fi, don’t you think?
Journey into the world 2049 with a replicant on the run. Dave Bautista is Sapper Morton. #BladeRunner2049, in theaters October 6.
– Warner Bros. Pictures
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Rapsody – “Pay Up” feat. Heather Victoria (Prod. By Khrysis x Kashif)
September 20, 2017
Oh, remember hearing the push for “Laila’s Wisdom” during the “In-Office Concert” that we posted on Rapsody on here earlier? Now we get this “Pay Up” joint, produced by Khrysis and Kashif, with vocals from Heather Victoria. See, September 22nd cannot get here soon enough for folks who want a whole album of music as dope as this!
Posted in Album, Hip-Hop, Music | Tags: Heather Victoria, Kashif, KHRYSIS, Laila's Wisdom, Pay Up, Rapsody | No Comments »
Common Does A Soulful ‘Tiny Desk Concert’ At The White House (Video)
September 20, 2017
The White House is often at the center of some controversy, more so nowadays. But there was a recent time when there was less ‘crazy’ – as Keith Olbermann might say (here) – coming from the White House …or, at least, a different type of ‘crazy.’ Even then, something like this probably would not have made headline news. But it was certainly worthy of being documented. And I am glad NPR did. And after you watch, bet money that you will be, too.
We’ve never done a Tiny Desk Concert that wasn’t behind my desk at NPR. But when the White House called and said they were putting on an event called South by South Lawn, a day-long festival filled with innovators and creators from the worlds of technology and art, including music, we jumped at the chance to get involved. We chose Common as the performer and the White House library as the space.
This Tiny Desk Concert was a convergence of art and soul, mixing politics with heart. Common’s choice of songs dealt with incarceration as the new slavery, imagined a time where women rule the world and honored the man he looked up to all his life, his father. For this occasion, Common put together a special six-piece band of close friends that includes the great Robert Glasper, with his eloquent and delicate touch, on keyboards and Derrick Hodge, whose music spans from Hip-Hop to folk and has made a big imprint on the world of jazz, on bass. Common also asked his longtime friend and collaborator Bilal to sing on two songs. The performance includes three brand new songs, along with one classic, “I Used To Love H.E.R.”
– Bob Boilen
Yooooo! Brother Common and his crew rocked a [Tiny Desk] Concert at The White House. DOPE!
(Oh, and the girl on the flute is Elena Pinderhughes, who played flute on Future’s “Mask Off.” Hella cute! Especially in that form-fitting dress. Yes!)
– @ojones1
Keith Olbermann Declares, “The Media Doesn’t Understand What Trump Is Doing” (Video)
September 20, 2017
Donald Trump’s not pivoting. He’s not changing. He’s just crazy.
– GQ
Interesting points, as usual, by Keith Olbermann… The media is not getting the real story of the Trump Administration out to us, not because they are holding back, but because they do not ‘get’ it. Or at least, they do not ‘get’ how to get the story out to us.
And this is NOT all the fault of Trump’s crazy ways (though Olbermann declares, several times in this clip, that Trump is, in fact, ‘crazy’). It could very well be that, unlike Olbermann’s former field of sportscasting, the mainstream news media has neither the acumen or desire to cover something as unprecedented as what is going on with the level of ‘crazy’ coming out of The White House.
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Call To Action, Opinion, Politics, Progressive, Series, Videos | Tags: Donald Trump, GQ, Keith Olbermann, Peace, President Trump, Remove, Resist, The Media Doesn’t Understand What Trump is Doing, The Resistance, The Resistance with Keith Olbermann, Trump administration | 1 Comment »
DJ Kay Slay – “Story of My Life” feat. Papoose x Mysonne x AZ (Video)
September 20, 2017
Days from the release of “The Big Brother,” DJ Kay Slay got some brothers together to work it out on a heartfelt tribute track. Papoose, Mysonne, and AZ not only hold the women in their lives down; but in this rhyme, they hold them up. Good stuff!
Posted in Album, Hip-Hop, Videos | Tags: AZ, DJ Kay Slay, Kay Slay, Mysonne, Papoose, Story of My Life, The Big Brother, The DJ Kayslay Show | No Comments »
Science: What Is A ‘Category 5’ Hurricane Really? (Video)
September 20, 2017
We’ve been hit with hurricanes these past few weeks (Harvey, Irma)… hit badly. And it was reported that the weather events reached Category 5. But what does that mean actually? Anyone?
Hurricanes roll up the Atlantic basin every year, but they weren’t categorized until 1971. The system, called the Saffir-Simpson Scale, tracks wind speed, damage caused, power and water loss expected, and habitability of affected areas. Category 1 storms are usually the least destructive, with the scale topping out at Category 5 storms, which can cause areas to be uninhabitable for weeks or months.
– @ojones1
Posted in Education, Nature, Science, Videos | Tags: Category 5, Category 5 Hurricane, Hurricane, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, Saffir-Simpson Scale, Vocativ | No Comments »
Iranian Women Combat Domestic Violence With Ninjutsu (Video)
September 20, 2017
A different fare for the ‘nooner’ hour to be certain. When these ladies say ‘no touching’ you better listen and heed, or you gone learn today… learn how to eat and wipe with your other hand (for at least a while)!
Students at Tehran’s “Ninja Ranger” are not just learning martial arts for exercise. More and more Iranian women are becoming ninjas to fight back against domestic violence. Ninjutsu is traditionally an East Asian martial art, but has become a popular tool for women to improve their safety and confidence. Women in Iran are training in hand-to-hand combat as well as with various weapons.
– Vocativ
Yeah! These ladies are not gonna take it anymore. They are going to take it out on attackers and abusers!
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Cover Story, Human Interest, Investigation, Travel, Videos | Tags: Domestic Violence, Feamle Ninjas, Iran, Iranian Women, Iranian Women Are Becoming Ninjas, Ninja Ranger, Ninjas, Ninjutsu, Tehran, Vocativ | No Comments »
Fred The Godson | Freestyles On Flex | Freestyle #072 (Video)
September 20, 2017
Hard to contain myself. Know what? I’d heard that Fred The Godson was a beast, but I was not ready for him to get on with Flex and snap this hard! Let me put it this way: When heads talk about how they wish Jay-Z would go back to rapping like this or that… What they really wanna say is they want Hov to step his bars UP to Godson’s level. That’s right. Godson > Hov. Yeah, that’s today’s math! Watch.
(Shot to Jaquae for amping things up and doing the most with the hook.)
– @ojones1
Posted in Hip-Hop, Performance, Radio, Series, Videos | Tags: Fred The Godson, Freestyles on Flex, Funkmaster Flex, Hot 97, Jaquae | 1 Comment »
Comedy: Woman, If It Involves Tools, It Comes With D!CK. Point Blank (Video)
September 19, 2017
Bwwwaaaaahahaaa! Been too long since Clint Coley checked in a vid for All Def Digital. Worth the wait though. When it comes to any ‘misunderstanding’ about male-female & ‘just friends’ boundaries… Coley ain’t having it. Not with the bullsh!t. At all. Honey got checked – in the most hilarious way – for thinking he was gonna be a ‘stand-in’ for things her boyfriend ought to be doing. Moving, fixing things, whatever it takes man muscle and equipment for. Plain and simple: If it involves tools, well, you read the headline already. Ha!
– @ojones1
Posted in Comedy, Relationships, Videos | Tags: A.D.D., A.D.D. All Def Digital, ADD, All Def Digital, call your boyfriend, Clint Coley, friend zone, If Men Told The Truth, Let Your Man | No Comments »
‘Hunger Games’ Director Francis Lawrence Directs Jennifer Lawrence Again, This Time Starring As The “Red Sparrow” (Trailer)
September 19, 2017
From playing shape-shifting infiltration specialist mutant Mystique to ‘Hunger Games’ insurrectionist, it’s like Jennifer Lawrence’s roles have been a demo reel for a blood pressure-raising spy thriller like this. Especially when it is being directed by the same guy that helmed the ‘Hunger Games’ blockbusters, Francis Lawrence. Check out the trailer for “Red Sparrow” above. Looks like it goes sultry to gritty faster than 0-to-100… real quick!
Dominika Egorova is many things.
A devoted daughter determined to protect her mother at all costs.
A prima ballerina whose ferocity has pushed her body and mind to the absolute limit.
A master of seductive and manipulative combat.
When she suffers a career-ending injury, Dominika and her mother are facing a bleak and uncertain future. That is why she finds herself manipulated into becoming the newest recruit for Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people like her to use their bodies and minds as weapons. After enduring the perverse and sadistic training process, she emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow the program has ever produced. Dominika must now reconcile the person she was with the power she now commands, with her own life and everyone she cares about at risk, including an American CIA agent who tries to convince her he is the only person she can trust.
In Theaters March 2, 2018
– 20th Century FOX
Posted in Action, Film, Thriller, Trailer, Videos | Tags: Charlotte Rampling, Francis Lawrence, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Irons, Joel Edgerton, Mary-Louise Parker, Matthias Schoenaerts, Red Sparrow | No Comments »
Technology: Virginia Tech & Ford’s “Mystery Van” Test Drives The Concept Of Autonomous Vehicles Moving Amongst People In Real Life (Video)
September 19, 2017
Wowww! The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute and Ford tricked out a vehicle like they did for KITT on ‘Knight Rider’ back in the ’80s. A person, disguised as a seat, is doing the driving… for now. But this is more scientific / industry study than a campy action-tech series featuring ‘The Hoff.’Â Way more!
As the self-driving future nears, we’re testing the next phase in autonomous technology to learn how these vehicles can communicate with pedestrians. We worked with the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute to explore this new development, and see how pedestrians on campus reacted to a vehicle that appeared to be driving itself.
– Ford Motor Company
Posted in Human Interest, Product, Technology, Videos | Tags: Autonomy, car seat costume, Ford, Ford Motor Company, Ford Transit Connect, Helping Self-Driving Cars Communicate with People, Mystery Van, Self-Driving Cars, Transit Connect, Transportation Institute, Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute | No Comments »
Floyd Mayweather’s “Lucky 7” Ladies Take Care Of All His Needs (Video)
September 19, 2017
Money Mayweather talking to that puppet Diego is not so much awkward as it is HILARIOUS!! Okay, he does slip in something for the haters – that he is ‘7 deep’ in women, and he is a confirmed bachelor… seeing NO need for a wife. Floyd is a confirmed bachelor… and superhero. Hahaa! Yeah, watch.
Posted in Celebrity, Comedy, Interview, Sports, Videos | Tags: Awkward Puppets, Diego, Floyd Mayweather, Lucky 7, Lucky Seven, The Diego Show | No Comments »
Rick Ross – “Santorini Greece” (Video)
September 19, 2017
Crrrazzzy visuals! Rozay is already in Atlanta winning. His mansion over here is ridiculous. Manicured grounds, off the chain parties with all kinds of Eye Candy spread around… Wherever he travels to, it being home-away-from-home, MUST be extra-extra crazy. Hence, Rick Ross HAD to do “Santorini Greece” like this.
